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> hello,
>
> a related question: is it possible to do an upgrade using the iso
> downloaded to say a usb thumbdrive?
>
> F.

Unfortunately no, it isn't.  The LiveCD installer basically writes out the
filesystem from the ISO onto a newly formatted disk; to upgrade an
existing installation requires the original .deb files which are not
present on the ISO image.

Tim
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